The Governor of Ogun State,
Ibikunle Amosun, has said no non-indigene of the State will take over from him
as the state governor in 2019.

The Governor said this on
Wednesday while addressing elders from Ogun West Senatorial District with his
Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta.

The elders told the governor that
they had come to dissociate themselves from a reported endorsement of Senator
Solomon Adeola as the consensus candidate by the Ogun West Consultative Forum.

Amosun insisted that only a “son
of the soil” and not a stranger or a non-indigene would take over from him.

He said, “It’s a covenant between
me and my God, I will be handing over to someone from Ogun West but other
senatorial districts are also qualify to contest.

“But we should not see them as
enemies. It should not appear that we are taking anyone for granted, our people
in Ogun East Senatorial District can come out to contest.

“In Ogun Central, we have agreed,
but if anybody comes out from the central, I will confront him frontally.

“We will be tactical and
strategic but we should not pay attention to those that are not necessary. I am
free to take my position just like every other person.

“I am not God, we are human but
where we are today, I am supporting people from Ogun West, it will be an insult
to us in this state when we have sons and daughters, not ‘atohunrinwa’
(stranger or non-indigene) will come, they will ruin Ogun State, if we allow
it.”